Trans Allegories in Film: 'Your Name' (2016)
Our protagonists perform as the opposite gender while still preserving the parts of their personalities that makes themselves who they are.
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Segment "Duga ulica" (A Long Street): A young man named Boris and a girl, Vera, live in the same neighborhood. They meet one night when she loses her key. Boris invites her to spend the night at his place; Segment "Čekati" (To Wait): Married students, Ivan and Sonja, live in an old woman's apartment. She is sick and the couple hopes that she will die soon, so that they may inherit her apartment; Segment "Poslije predstave" (After the Play): A husband and a wife lose the key to their apartment and have to spend the night in a hotel. The experience is wonderful and renews their feelings for each other, if only for a night.
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Segment "Duga ulica" (A Long Street): A young man named Boris and a girl, Vera, live in the same neighborhood. They meet one night when she loses her key. Boris invites her to spend the night at his place; Segment "Čekati" (To Wait): Married students, Ivan and Sonja, live in an old woman's apartment. She is sick and the couple hopes that she will die soon, so that they may inherit her apartment; Segment "Poslije predstave" (After the Play): A husband and a wife lose the key to their apartment and have to spend the night in a hotel. The experience is wonderful and renews their feelings for each other, if only for a night.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Zvonimir Berković, Vanča Kljaković, Krsto Papić, Branimir Šćepanović, Fedor Vidas, Antun Vrdoljak
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Runtime:104 minutes
Studio:Jadran Film
Cast
Vanča Kljaković, Krsto Papić, Antun Vrdoljak
Director
Božidar Boban
Boris
Jagoda Kaloper
Vera
Kruno Valentić
Milicajac
Marija Lojk
Sonja
Slobodan Dimitrijević
Ivan
Tana Mascarelli
Amalija Jurak, bolesna starica
Fabijan Šovagović
Marko
Branko Špoljar
Liječnik
Stevo Krnjajić
Ratoboran tip u kinu
Sven Lasta
Muž
Ljubica Jović
Žena
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